A sunset in Dublin's Docklands. Image: RollingNews.ie A sunset in Dublin's Docklands. Image: RollingNews.ie IT IS OFT repeated as a quick solution to the housing crisis: Dublin needs to build up, not out. Dublin’s skyline is too low, we’re not making the most of the space that we have.
To tackle this, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy released new guidelines where he dramatically shifts what has been the norm until now. He called for councils to lift “overly restrictive maximum heights” and encouraged authorities to “actively pursue” taller buildings, particularly in the “main centres of the city” so as to indicate the most activity within a city.
There are serious and unsustainable carbon emission implications due to increased commuting distances to the city and town centres, never mind the sheer waste of time in travelling, when instead we could be living. In this week’s episode of our Ireland 2029 podcast, we looked at whether Dublin should be given an iconic high-rise skyline, examining the reasons against doing so, how much it would cost – and what it would change about our city if we did build upwards.
It will be 88 metres high and have 22 storeys when it’s complete, making it the tallest building in Ireland .After approval for the Tara Street building was given, Dublin city officer with An Taisce Kevin Duff said that the decision was “gravely erroneous” and that the tower would be “a massive intrusion on the established character of the city”.
Orla Hegarty, assistant professor at UCD’s School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, said that it was “a mistake to think that it’s either sprawl or high-rise”. We would see land values skyrocket in those locations. We would see developers in a long process of looking for approval and finance … [And] if you suddenly put 1,000 families in one building, where do their children go to school? That may not have been planned for. Source: Niall Carson/PA Images
If the government want the population up to 10 million(more than double)...
So for what? Offices?
Yes. Skyline buildings may improve the availability of residential living space, which Dublin lacks at present
Does this guy know how much land there is in Ireland
Build a big wall with big moat around it. And big nets across the top in case any of ye try to get out.
Not in my back yard...
Was that not done a decade ago.
Of course we should
Anyone confused with the contradictions. Don't want sprawl but busconnects goes to Bray or metroNorth to create many stops after swords or Cherrywood, the list goes on. Plenty of derelict land not making the list, they just lobby their way off it. Developers holding out for more.
This could be Dublin 2030 , perfect Harbor already in place . Singapore
Yes, turn the city around and face it into Dublin Bay and towards the Sea.